The results of a four-and-a-half year clinical trial to determine how much iron can safely be given to anaemic kidney patients on haemodialysis, were revealed to the world’s leading thinkers in renal medicine last week.

According to new recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), people being treated with dialysis should be offered a choice over where and what type of treatment they have.

What would encourage you to climb to Everest Base Camp? For the Goodall brothers, James and George, it was their dad’s lifesaving kidney transplant that motivated them to take on the gruelling 5,644m ascent.

We're delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jeremy Hughes as Chair- Elect. Professor Hughes will take up the Chair following the charity’s AGM in September 2018, succeeding Professor John Feehally.

A 6,000+ mile kayak trek through the waterways of the eastern seaboard of America and Canada that takes about 15 months to complete is not everyone’s idea of fun. But for new retiree Steve Chard, it’s a bit of a dream come true.

For a second year in a row, we are delighted to be partnering with the Pint of Science Festival. This international science festival brings together leading scientists and researchers to local pubs, so people can discover and learn about science over a pint.

Violet Hasdell has volunteered for Kidney Research UK for over ten years. During her time as an office volunteer, she has clocked up some 3,000 hours in support of the charity, and she’s still going strong.

Stacy and Andrew are a couple in love who have been together for five years. They are two people deeply committed to one another, but much more than that this Valentine’s Day they are celebrating the giving of the gift of life.

World Kidney Day 2017 is fast approaching. It’s on Thursday 9 March. It matters. The theme for this year is kidney disease and obesity. What are you doing this year to raise awareness of kidney disease?

David's kidney has just celebrated its 30th transplant anniversary. Thirty years ago his sister, Sylvia, donated a kidney to him. Today he is passionate about funding the right research into what is still an incurable disease,

Our report Renal research: from a pioneering past to a positive future for kidney patients reached the Scottish Parliament, with a special reception taking place to mark the achievements of renal research in Scotland.

The results from our survey about the treatment of hyperparathyroidism and patient preference for treatment have helped shape and inform our submission to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

New figures released indicate that BAME patients waiting for kidney transplantation has risen to 33% of all patients, yet only 5.8% of the Organ Donation Register is made up of people from minority ethnic communities.

Almost six years after receiving her kidney transplant, thanks to a ground-breaking technique which made it possible, a Lincolnshire grandmother has spoken about how she feels as though she has won the lottery.

Professor of Clinical Nephrology at King’s College Hospital, Iain Macdougall, has been given a Royal College of Physicians and NIHR CRN award in recognition of his outstanding research leadership in the NHS.

Research partly funded by Kidney Research UK, and carried out at the University of Leicester, has discovered that people’s ethnicity tends to have an impact on their physical activity following a kidney transplant.

This weekend (28-31 July) more than 2,500 people whose lives have been touched by organ donation will come together to celebrate their achievements at the British Transplant Games, being held this year in Liverpool.

Despite being critical for life, around half of people in England don’t know what our kidneys do, where they are in our bodies, why we need them, how to keep them healthy and what happens when they go wrong.

Assembly Members, kidney patients and their families, renal researchers and renal healthcare professionals joined Kidney Research UK at a reception on Tuesday (12 July) to highlight the successful, collaborative history of renal research in Wales and the need for continuing support.

Apple and Donate Life America have announced that, for the first time ever, iPhone users will be able to sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor right from the Health app with the release of the next software update.

Kidney Research UK and King’s College Hospital, London are delighted to announce that the number of dialysis patients now recruited onto the four-year PIVOTAL clinical trial has reached the nationwide target of 2,080.

On Saturday 7 May the third annual IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) information day took place at the Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester. Alongside patients and experts who gave talks about different aspects of the disease, was former American football star Donald Jones.

Taking part this in this year’s Prudential Ride London 100 to raise money for Kidney Research UK will be Anthony Dixey, from Enderby in Leicester, who will be celebrating his 60th birthday on the day of the event.

Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum were united in their support for the launch of Kidney Research UK’s report into renal research in the UK, which took place at the House of Lords on Tuesday 19th January.

Kidney Research UK held a reception at Glasgow’s City Hall to help raise awareness of organ donation and kidney disease among BAME communities and gain support for the charity’s Peer Educator Programme.

Local business Barnack Confectionery Ltd have been providing charity sweets for Kidney Research UK for the last three years. During this period Barnack have raised a phenomenal £100,000 for Kidney Research.

The Kidney Health: Delivering Excellence Report, published in October 2013, set out 16 ambitions for addressing the challenges in kidney healthcare. Ambition 15 is to establish a national strategy for kidney research.....